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Table 5 Correlations of echocardiographic data and postoperative BMI

From: Bariatric surgery and cardiovascular outcome

 

r

P valuea

LA (cm)

0.223

= 0.025*

AO (cm)

0.288

= 0.0037**

LVEDD (cm)

0.183

= 0.0683

LVESD (cm)

0.213

= 0.033*

IVSD (cm)

0.450

< 0.0001**

PWD (cm)

0.273

= 0.0061**

FS (%)

− 0.170

= 0.0917

EF (%)

− 0.172

= 0.0864

LV MI (g/m2)

0.355

= 0.0003**

E wave (m/s)

− 0.316

= 0.0014**

A wave (m/s)

0.258

= 0.0097**

E/A ratio

− 0.297

= 0.0027**

  1. AO Aortic root, EF Ejection fraction, FS fractional shortening, IVSD Interventricular septal dimension, LVEDD Left ventricular end diastolic dimension, LVESD Left ventricular end systolic dimension, LVMI Left ventricular mass index, PWD Posterior wall dimension
  2. aUsing Spearman’s correlation coefficient